PAN Cards for NRIs

Issued by Income Tax Office, PAN is a national identification number, given to all taxpayers of India. Holders can bring this number into use for a number of activities such as opening an account, to get a phone connection, property deals, receiving salary or professional fees.

PAN aims at preventing tax evasion by keeping a track record of monetary transactions. Moreover, it’s another advantage lies in its being national and permanent and unaffected by a change of address, even among states. A person holding PAN may take it as his/her social security number.

Following are the particulars you require to submit to get a PAN Card. It includes

• Full Name (initials must be expanded)
• Date of Birth (in case of individuals)
• Date of incorporation or company formation (in case of companies or firms etc.)
• Father's full name (in case of individuals). Married women should also give their father's full name with expanded initials.
• Mailing Address

Source: nrirealtynews.com

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NRIs can Apply for PAN Card and can track status of PAN Application as well, through NSDL website.

For Online Application for PAN Card - https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/pan/index.html (Download application form for PAN (Form 49A))

NSDL has also launched an SMS based facility to keep the applicant updated about the status of his PAN application, described

The applicant can send an SMS to 3030 with a message containing the word PAN followed by a space and the 15-digit acknowledgement number provided at the time of submission of application i.e., PAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NUMBER (e.g., PAN 123456789012345 – this is an illustrative acknowledgement number. Actual acknowledgement number should be provided in the SMS).

Via- tin-nsdl.com/pressrel_160107.asp